Knobby Russet
syn. Knobbed Russet, Old Maid's, Old Maids, Winter, Winter Apple, Winter Russet
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Brought to notice in 1820 by Haslar Capron of Midhurst, Sussex, England. Fruits have firm, rather dry flesh with a fairly strong flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid October
- Flowering
- 30th April (10%) · 6th May (full) · 13th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- Broad globose conical
- Width
- 64.00 mm
- Height
- 51.00 mm
- Russet
- very high
- Ribbing
- medium
- Firmness
- soft
- Coarseness
- fine
- Flesh colour
- Cream
- Ground colour
- Orange
Source · National Fruit Collection
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